The 1922 MAFA season was the 27th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 6 May and concluded on 26 August, comprising a home-and-away season, followed by a three-week finals series.
For the first time, clubs were split into two divisions â A Section and B Section. No promotion and relegation system was in place, with the top four teams from each division playing in a combined finals series.
won the MAFA premiership for the second time and the second year in a row, defeating Collegians in the 1922 MAFA Grand Final.
South Yarra left the MJFA following the end of the 1921 season. Old Brightonians, which had failed to win a single game in 1921, also withdrew prior to the start of the 1922 season.
Four new clubs â Black Rock, Elwood, Melbourne Shipping Company and Murrumbeena â entered the MJFA. Melbourne Shipping Company disbanded on 17 July 1922, and its remaining games were treated as walkovers.